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J. GIBBONS. GAS COOKING STOVE.

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J. GIBBONS. GAS 0001mm STOVE.

No. 462,923. Patented Nov. 10,1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES GIBBONS, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE GIBBONS SUPERIIEATING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

GAS COOKING-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,923, dated November 10, 1891.

Application filed April 27, 1891. Serial No. 390,637. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: tion of said burner on the line 2 2 in-Fig. 2.1. Be it known that l, J AMES GIBBONS, of J er- Fig. is adetail view of the broiling-burner, sey City, in the county of Hudson and State bracket-support, and latch device. Fig. 11 is of New Jersey, have invented certain new and a longitudinal vertical section of the middle 5 useful Improvements in Gas Cooking-Stoves, upper burner and its connections with the of which the following is a full, clear, and exstove front, parts being in section on the line act description. 3 3 in Fig. 12. Fig. 12 is a plan view of the My invention relates to that class of gas middle upper burner. Fig. 13 is an enlarged 6o stoves or heaters known as domestic stoves, detail horizontal section of said burner, taken [0 and pertains more particularly to the special on the line at 1 in Fig. 11. Fig. 1a is a detail form or construction of the grated or skeleton sectional view of one of the upper burners, stove-top on which cooking-vessels are placed and Fig. 15 is an outer end view of the gas for boiling, stewing, or frying food products, nipple or tip used with the upper burners of and to the peculiar construction and relative the stove.

I 5 arrangement with the stove-body of the fluid- As regards its general construction the stove fuel burners of the stove. is made with an outer casing A, having an One object of the invention is to facilitate upper horizontal imperforate partition (1, proeasy and thorough cleaning of the stove-top, viding an upper burner chamber B, and an which is fitted with a removable grating. intermediate horizontal partition a, cutaway 20 A further object is to facilitate secure ad or perforated at its marginal parts and formjustment of the removable upper boilinging between it and the partition to an interburners and to prevent lighting back of mediate chamber 0, in which the baking-oven the lower broiling-burner and provide for O is sustained centrally in the usual manner. easy dismemberment of it, whereby all the Between the partition a and the imperforate 2 5 burners of the stove may be quickly, convenbottom-plate a of the casing is formed a iently, and thoroughly cleaned and their most lower broiling or roasting chamber D, within effective operation maintained. which a suitable pan E may be sustained at The invention consists in certain novel feaany desired height upon flanges d, fixed to tures of construction and combinations of the end walls of the casing or chamber. The

0 parts of the gas cooking-stove, all as herei1r oven 0 has a door 0, and the chamber D has after described and claimed. a door (1, both doors fitted at the front of the Reference is to be had to the accompanying casing. drawings, forming a part of this specification, Hot products from the improved lowerbroiland in which similar letters of reference indiing-burner (to be hereinafter particularly de- 35 cate corresponding parts in all the figures. scribed) rise through the marginal openings Figure 1 is a perspective view of my imin the partition ct into the chambercaround proved gas cooking-stove. Fig. 2 is a central the oven C to heat it, and then escape at a vertical sectional side view thereof. Fig. 8 is flue outlet ct 'of the casing, into or at which a plan view of the stove-top. Fig. 3 is a dethe ordinary oven-ventilator pipe 0 also dis- A0 tail view of a modification of the top. Fig. 4: charges. A sliding trayb in the upper chamis a perspective view of one desirable form of ber 13 catches the drip from cooking vessels stove-top cross-bar. Fig. 5 is a detail view of sustained on the improved top F of the easa modification of this cross-bar. Fig. 6 is a ing, which will behercinafter fully explained. front vertical sectional elevation of the stove. The upper burners G, to be presently de- 5 Fig. 7 is a plan view of the stove with its scribed, takeasupplyof gaseousfuelthrough grated top removed. Fig. 8 is a plan view in suitable cocks h, connected to a tubular gashorizontal section on the line 1 1 in Fig. 2, supply rail H, while the lower broiling or taken through the lower broiling or roasting roasting chamber burner I is supplied with ma chamber of the stove. Fig. 9 is an enlarged gas through a pipe J, connected by its coekj 5o longitudinal sectional view of the lower broilwith the rail H, a suit-able air-inlet bulb K ing or roasting burner and its connections being provided at the gas-inlet nipple. 7c at with the stove-body. Fig. 10 is a cross-secthe lower end of the pipe J.

In more specially describing the novel features of my gas cooking-stove I willfirst-particnlarly describe the construction of the stove-top F, then I will explain the peculiarities of the upper burners G and their fittings,

and finally lwill detail the construction of the top comprises an open or marginal frame;

f, which at two opposite parts, preferably its front and rear,is rabbeted out to form two opposite depressed shoulders f f, on which the laterally-bent or projected ends ll of the crossbars L rest. As here shown, the opposite ends of thecross-bars project in opposite directions and the extremities of the intermediate bars abut-end parts of next adjacent bars, while at two diagonally opposite corners of the inner opening of the top frame and Within the rabbets there are provided filling-in pieces or parts f f of the metal, which correspond in length with the laterally-bent ends of the cross-bars and make final stops or lateral steadiments to the outside bars. I am not limited to this special form of cross-baras, for instance, I may bend or project the opposite ends of the top bars laterally in the same direction, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, and in this case the filling-pieces) f will both be at one end of the frame, instead of at diagonally opposite corners thereof. Whether the opposite ends of the top bars be bent or project laterally in the same or in opposite directions, the bars have substantial support and are also maintained at even distances apart by their ends, and any one or more of the bars may at any time be lifted out of the frame to give access to any one or more of the top burners G which may become fouled to allow cleansing or renewal of it without disturbing the other cross-bars or the cooking vessels thereon, or the burners heating said vessels.

A specially good feature of the stove-top made as above describedis that it can be very easily and thoroughly cleaned, because when the cross-bars L are removed the continuous. rabbets or shoulders on which the bars rested may be quickly wiped off to remove dust or overflow or drip from the cooking vessels, as there are comparatively few sharp corners for the dust or drip to accumulate in and become inaccessible to a wipingcloth. The bars themselves may also be easily cleaned and replaced on the cleansed frame.

Another distinct feature of construction consists in corrugating the upper edges of the cross-barsor forming alternating vertical recesses therein. I prefer to make the bars about an even width or depth throughout and corrugate both top and bottom edges of them, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings; but the top edges only of the bars may be so corrugated or recessed, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. In any event the corrugated or recessed upper edges or surfaces of the cross-bars afford substantial support to boiling, stewing, or frying vessels over the top burners G and allow the burner-flames to have much more effective play directly against the bottoms of the vessels than would be possible with flat-topped cross-bars. I at present prefer to locate the bar-supporting shoulders) of the top frame to hold the top edges or faces of the cross-bars about flush wit-h'the upper face of said framef. (See Figs. 1, 2, and 6 of the drawings.)

The upper burners G, as alone considered, embody but one improvement over a burner of like general character described in my recent application, Serial No. 369,584. This improvement consists in locating the slotted flange g, which engages a headed pin or a detent on the burner-support, at the side of the horizontally-disposed tubular-stem or mixingtube g of the burner instead of at the top or bottom of the stem. I find in practice that this changed location of the slotted flange g at the back end of the burner-stem assures a more steady and satisfactory hold of the burner against axial turning on the gas-supply nipple M than when the flange is located at the top or bottom of the stem. Hence there is practically very little danger of the improved burner unshipping itself or turning on and falling from the nipple. This gassupply nipple M has a hollow exteriorlysmooth nozzle m, from which the gas issues, and an opposite screw-threaded end m which is adapted to a supply pipe or cook. A collar m between the parts on m provides a twoway stop and is extended laterally at mfiwhere it carries the pin m, which is engaged by the slotted 0r hook-flange g on the burner-stem g. Fig. 7 of the drawings shows that this nipple M, by screwing directly into the cook it at the front of the stove-casing, provides for supporting the burner or burners G directly inside the casing, as the cock and nipple lock at opposite faces of the casing, while the burner-stem g is slipped onto the nipple-nozzle m and is then turned to engage the nippie-pin m by its hooked or slotted flange Figs. 2, 7, 11, 12, and 13 of the drawings illustrate how the rearmost burners G of a stove or range are sustained by screwing the threadedend m of the burner-stem into the outer end of an auxiliary pipe N, the other end of which is screwed into the gas-supply cock h, and is preferably locked by a nut n at the inside of the casing. It thus appears that the same gas-supply nipple M is adapted for use interchangeably either at the casing for connecting the burners directly to the cooks It or with the auxiliary pipe N to hold the burner in required position farther from the main gas-supply rail of the stove. However the burner G may be connected by or through the nipple M to the gas-supply pipes, the opening 9 in the burner-stem or mixing-tube g admits atmospheric airto commingle within the stem or tube with the gas entering the burner from the nipple to produce a clear blue flame. The removable flame-cap g and its latching device are fully described in my prior application above named. Air-inlet holes a in the casing A admit atmospheric air to the burners G to maintain combustion thereat should the stove-top be quite covered with cooking vessels.

The lower broiling or roasting burner I is made with an interior fluid-fuel channel or passage having, generally speaking, the form of a letter H, and which may be produced within two opposite tubular side parts connected by a central or intermediate cross-tube, which is coupled to the mixing-tube and forms an extension thereof, as hereinafter explained. This burner may be made of wrought-metal pipes or tubes bored to provide flame-apertures; but I prefer to make it more cheaply in two cast-metal upper and lower sections clamped together and then forming between or within them a gas or fiuid'fuel channel or passage having two side portions connected intermediately of their preferably-closed ends by a cross channel or passage, which is preferably at the center of the burner. It will be understood that this cast metal broilingburner is not necessarily made in the H form shown, as the burner-body may have any desirable exterior form, provided the gas channel or passage be made with two opposite parts connected between their ends, and preferably at the centers, by a crossing channel or passage.

As shown in the drawings, the two castmetal semi-t ubular sections 0 P of the burner are joined horizontally, and one part, preferably the section 0, is formed at the extremity of a projection from the central cross-tube t" with a complete collar or sleeve 0, which is slip-jointed to the inner end of the burner mixingtube R, which at its other end is held rigidly to the casing A of the stove, and preferably by screwing the air-inlet bulb K onto the threaded end of the tube outside the easing, a lock-nut 0' being used on the tube inside the casing. (See Fig. 9 of the drawings.) At the joint of the opposite sides of the burnersections 0 P are produced lateral openings 0, from which the burner flames into the chamber D of the stove. Generally speaking, I refer to the cross-tube of the burner by the letter t' and to the opposite side parts or front and rear tubular portions by letters '1) t, as seen in Fig. 8 of the drawings. It will be understood that I prefer to form flame-apertures in the two side parts 2" i only of the burner and leave the cross-tube 1' im perforate, whereby it serves not only as a fluid-fuel conduit from the mixing-tube R to both side parts or channels 1" t" of the burner, but serves also as an extension or enlargement of the mixingtube.

I at present prefer to clamp the upper and lower sections of the burner shown by boltsone main bolt S at the center of the crosstube 1' and an auxiliary bolts, passed through lugs at the four corners of the'burner. Any other suitable clamping devices maybe used.

To support the burner at a true level or horizontal position and as near as may be to the casing-partition or heat-deflecting plate co, and also to lock the burner against endwise movement to prevent its accidental disconnection from the mixing-tube R during transportation or when in use, I have provided a bracket T and alatch U. The bracket is preferably bolted at its center to the plate ct, and is provided with end supports, which for the burner shown are complete rings or collars it, into which the two burner-tubes t" 1; may slip loosely without too free play either upward, downward, or sidewise. The latch U is preferably formed as a hook pivoted to the front end of the bracket and adapted to fall or be set behind the end of the front part of the burner. hen the hook is moved or swung upward clear of the end of the burnertube, the burner may be slipped along the bracket-supports t 6 until its sleeve 0 is clear of the mixing-tube R, which will allow it to be drawn from the bracket and removed bodily from the stove-casing to allow most convenient cleaning of the burner either by removing the bolts S s and first dismembering it or in any other preferred manner. To replace the cleaned burner or to substitute a new one, it is only necessary to slip the tube t" into the bracket-support t and engage the sleeve 0 with the mixing-tube R, and finally lower or move the hook-latch U behind the end of the front burner-tube i, and preferably between it and the adjacent bolt 3, to latch or lock the burner in place. If desired, a set-screw 0* may be used at the joint of the burner with the mixing-tube as additional security against their accidental disconnection.

In explaining the operation of the broilingburner I state the well-known fact that all noxious uninflammable gases resulting from explosions always take the most direct course open to them in seeking escape. Now, should the supply of gas to the burner be sutticiently reduced by partially closing the cock j and to an extent to form an explosive mixture of air and gas within the burner, and should such explosion occur at or near one closed end of either of the side tubes or passages i, the resultant noxious gases would be forced clear to the opposite closed end of this tube or passage and beyond the central or intermediate tube or passage 2, and would not pass through the latter and the mixing-tube to drive back the ignitible gas and cause lighting at the gas-inlet nipple 7;. On the other hand, should the gaseous mixture explode in either tube ll directly opposite an open end of the cross-tube i, the resultant noxious non-ignitible vapors would pass directly through the tube t' to the other tube 2", and would not pass through the mixin g-tube R to the air-bulb and cause lightingat the nipple 7s. Furthermore, the collection of compressed orheavy non-ignitible gases from explosions within the burner and at. the junction of the cross-tube 1L and mixing-tube R has a most decided tendency to blow out the flame, and will generally do so before it can travel backward to the gas-inlet nipple to cause ignition thereat. Hence a lightingback of the burner is made quite impossible when a very low or small flame is required from it. Should a burner of larger capacity be required, it is only "necessary to connect the opposite flaming-tubes it 'i by one, two, or more extra cross-tubes, (indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 8 of the drawings,) and having flame-apertures at the sides.

I supply the burner I and the chamber D with superheated air to maintain combustion and perfect the broiling or roasting operation by means of a chamber or passage V, formed between the casing A and a rear partitionplate V, which, by taking up heat from the burner I heats the air, which enters suitable openings 4; in the casing near its bottom and traverses the chamber V and escapes into the chamber D a little below the burner through holes w in. the partition V, as most clearly shown in Figs. 2, 6, and 8 of the drawings.

In conclusion I remark that the opposite side passages or tubes of the broiling-burner are not necessarily straight, as represented in the drawings, and as will readily be understood.

Having thus described my inven tion,I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A cooking-stove made with a top formed of an open or marginal frame having opposing rabbets or shoulders and separate and independent cross-bars having laterally-projecting ends resting on said shoulders, substantially as described. 2. A cooking-stove made with a top formed of an open or marginal recessed frame and separate and independent cross-bars retained loosely in the frame-recesses and having corrugated or vertically-recessed upper edges or parts, substantially as described.

3. A cooking-stove made with a top formed of an open or marginal frame having opposite rabbets or shoulders and separate and independent crossbars having laterally-projecting ends resting on the shoulders, said bars also having corrugated or recessed upper edges or parts, substantially as described.

4:. A cooking-stove made with a top formed of an open or marginal frame having opposing rabbets or shoulders with corner fillingpieces or stops thereat and separate and independent cross-bars having laterallyprojecting ends resting loosely on the shoulders and stopping against each other and said corner-pieces, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with a stove wall or support and a gas-nipple connected thereto,

of a'burner having a horizontally-disposed flanges projecting laterally or in about a horizontal plane to one side of them and engagin g each other by a relative partial rotary movement, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with a stove wall or support, of a gas-nipple M, secured thereto and having a nozzle m, and a burner having a horizontally-disposed stem or mixing-tube slip-jointed to the nozzle, said nipple and burner-stem. having flanges m g projected laterally in about a horizontal plane to one side, one flange having a headed pin and the other flange having a slot engaging the pin, substantially as described.

7. A gas-stove made with a broiling-burner having a fluid-fuel channel comprising opposite side passages or tubes having flame-apertures, a crossing passage or tube connecting the side tubes intermediately of their ends, and a gas and air mixing and supply pipe opening to the crossing tube or passage, substantially as described.

8; I11 a gas-stove, the combination, with a broiling-burner formed with opposite side tubes or passages having flame-apertures, a crossing tube or passage connecting the side tubes intermediately of their ends, and a fluid-fuel-supply pipe connected with the crossing tube or passage,of a hanger or bracket sustaining both side tubes of the burner, substantially as described.

9. In a gas-stove, the combination, with a broiling-burner formed with opposite side tubes or passages having flame-apertures, a crossing tube or passage connecting the side tubes intermediately of their v ends, anda fiuidfuel-supply pipe connected with the crossing tube or passage,of a hanger or bracket sustaining both side tubes of the burner and a latch device preventing accidental disengagement of the burner from the supply-pipe, substantially as described. 1

10. The combination,with the stove-c ising, a fuel-feed pipe therein,and a burner having tubular side parts 2" t" and a communicating cross-tube z', connected to the feed-pipe, of a bracket T, having end sleeves or rings t t, receiving the farther ends of the burner-tubes z" i, substantially as described.

11. The combination,with the stove-casing, a fuel-feed pipe therein, and a burner having tubular side parts 2" t" and a communicating cross-tube i, connectedto the feed-pipe, of a bracket T, having sleeves or rings t t, receiving the farther ends of the'burnentubes t" i, and. a latch U, held to the bracket for preventing accidental disengagement of the burner and supply-pipe, substantially as described.

JAMES GIBBONS.

Vitnesses:

WALTER H. BABCOOK, LoUIs G. CLARK. 

